IC 900
IC 900
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
329 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 329 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 900 as it looked roughly 329 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 5239Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5209Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5125Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5176Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5210Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5165Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5209Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5125Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5176Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5210Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5165Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).